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Why FIEA?

So Many Reasons To Choose FIEA

Choosing the right grad school is important. And we think FIEA gives you many reason to come here. From our 2020 Princeton Review #1 ranking to our $73,000 average starting salary, check out why picking UCF for your education can be a great decision.

UCF Downtown & Creative Village

About Orlando’s Creative Village

Orlando’s Creative Village was born in 2005 when the doors opened for 12 students to the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, a unique graduate program established in partnership between the State of Florida, City of Orlando and University of Central Florida with a mission to create high-wage talent for the growing video game development industry. Today, FIEA’s enrollment has grown to over 130 annually and Orlando is one of the fastest-growing video game and simulation development regions in the world. The collective impact is defined by the creation of UCF Downtown, a new 7,000 student campus focused upon Communication, Games & Interactive Media, Film, and Innovative Education in the core of a next-generation metropolitan city. In 2021, Electronic Arts will open a new studio and locate all Florida operations to the Creative Village with UCF Downtown. Orlando is quickly becoming a destination for creative talent.

Testimonials

“UCF’s graduate program in game design has consistently made the top 5 on our list of the nation’s best graduate schools offering game design programs. This year, UCF’s undergraduate program in game design made our undergraduate list as well.”

Rob Franek, The Princeton Review Editor-in-Chief

“FIEA is a major source of talent for our EA SPORTS development studio in Orlando, resulting in 1 out of every 2 new graduates hired over the past 2 years”

Student Interviews

Joey Llobet a producer from FIEA’s graduating 2015 class speak about his experience attending FIEA. He is currently a Technical Designer at Electronic Arts (EA) located right here in Orlando at the EA Tiburon studio.